Jones said deputies were called to Edgewood Church Road on Tuesday evening to investigate reports of someone breaking into several vehicles in that area.

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When deputies noticed footprints in the snow, they followed the prints to a home at a nearby mobile home park, Jones said.

Once at the home, Jones said, deputies questioned a man who gave the officers a false name before running away. After the man ran away, deputies were able to figure out that his real name is Aaron Corey Miller, 23, and that he had a warrant for failing to appear in court, Jones said.

Jones said deputies were again able to use footprints in the snow to track Miller to another mobile home off Highway 70.

Miller was taken into custody at that location. Meanwhile, Jones said, deputies were able to follow footprints in the snow near the crime scene to determine that Miller had broken into or attempted to break into the vehicles -- in several instances, the vehicles' owners hadn't yet discovered the break-in.

Miller was charged with 16 counts of breaking and entering a motor vehicle, six counts of attempted breaking and entering a motor vehicle, seven counts of larceny and one count of failure to appear.